#48969E#48969E

#48969E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.077 H 204.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48969E
RGB	rgb(72, 150, 158)
HSL	hsl(186, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(186, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 5.1%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.71, -21.58, -11.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.71, 24.46, 208.13°)
OKLab	oklab(62.72% -0.0705 -0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(62.72% 0.077 204.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.7479, 25.6572, 36.2528)
Luminance	0.2566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48969E #9E5048

analogous

#489E7B #48969E #486B9E

triadic

#48969E #9E4896 #969E48

tetradic

#48969E #7B489E #9E5048 #6B9E48

square

#48969E #7B489E #9E5048 #6B9E48

split-complementary

#48969E #9E486B #9E7B48

monochromatic

#22464A #356E74 #48969E #69B3BB #93C8CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#48969E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#48969E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48969E

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48969E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48969E	1.00	3.42	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C919F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E869E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48969e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 150, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.077 204.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b5ba',
    500: '#48969e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48969e;
$custom-light: #83b5ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48969e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.581,
    "s": 37.391,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62718,
    "c": 0.07733,
    "h": 204.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48969E

secondary

#BA8D88

accent

#655ACD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #48969E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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